alan wang is live where police arrested some of the protesters. alan? >> carolyn, everything is back to normal tonight, but around 4:30 the demonstrators were in the middle of the street ignoring police. it was part of a coordinated effort against wal-mart, about about -- but the only one happening in the bay area happened right here. about 150 people demmon straighted in the southbound -- demonstrated in the southbound lanes in front of the san leandro wal-mart. many in green t-shirts are part of an organized group of former and current wal-mart employees complaining about low wages and retaliation formp. >> we as workers have a legal right to speak out to our employers. >> there is no intimidation and no retaliation at wal-mart. in fact, we have processes for associates to speak with management. >> i make $8.65 and it is hard to pay represent -- to pay rent. when you pay your bills have you nothing left. >> in california the average hourly rate is over $13. there are 401k benefits and health starts as low as $a 18 a pay period. we know we offer good j

alan wang is live where police arrested some of the protesters. alan? >> carolyn, everything is back to normal tonight, but around 4:30 the demonstrators were in the middle of the street ignoring police. it was part of a coordinated effort against wal-mart, about about -- but the only one happening in the bay area happened right here. about 150 people demmon straighted in the southbound -- demonstrated in the southbound lanes in front of the san leandro wal-mart. many in green t-shirts are part of an organized group of former and current wal-mart employees complaining about low wages and retaliation for attempting to organize. >> we as workers have a legal right to speak out to our employers. >> there is no intimidation and no retaliation at wal-mart. in fact, we have processes for associates to speak with management. >> i make $8.65 and it is hard to pay represent -- to pay rent. when you pay your bills have you nothing left. >> in california the average hourly rate is over $13. there are 401k benefits and health starts as low as $a 18 a pay period. we

in san leandro, alan wang, abc7 news. >> at alan explained demonstrations took place nationwide. they arrested 15 people at the wal-mart in roseville near sacramento. about a hundred protesters were outside the store for two hours today. 15 broke off and marched to the busy intersection and then sat down. they were arrested for failing to disperse. >>> despite a few problems most black friday events were pretty calm. most shoppers told us it was not as crowded as they expected. so many people now shop on-line or through mobile. 24r walls an increase in -- there was an increase in sales and amazon saw a 25% increase. for some customers, the deals this year did thought coerce them to buy. >> i thought it would be better. you see commercials on tv and they say flat screen for $100. i didn't see any of that stuff. there are good savings in there. >> retailers that president oned to open early on thanksgiving day say they saw relatively big crowds, an indication of what might be a new holiday shopping tradition. >>> check out this time lapse video showing the hoards of shopper at macy

alan wang is live with more on this. alan?> carolyn and dan, no students were actually harmed here, but as you can imagine it was a very frightening experience for parents because of the age we live in. uh -- uh ready coulding to the sheriff's department the man lied to front office workers and then revealed just how vulnerable the school was. >> i was extremely frightened when i got the call. i never made revisions and then got a call from a come plea stranger joy she was at work when this unidentified man told administrators he was waiting for her so they could pick up her daughter. he knew who my daughter was. he stated her by name. >> apparently it was enough for the school to give this man a visitor's pass. he never gave his full name and he wandered all over campus before disappearing. >> how close was he to the kids? >> he was in arm's reach. he could walk up and touch one of the kids. i heard from one of the parents he was talking to some of the fifth graders. >> school principal scott wells denied an on-line interview

alan wang is live with more on this. alan? >> carolyn and dan, no students were actually harmed here, but as you can imagine it was a very frightening experience for parents because of the age we live in. uh -- uh ready coulding to the sheriff's department the man lied to front office workers and then revealed just how vulnerable the school was. >> i was extremely frightened when i got the call. i never made revisions and then got a call from a come plea stranger joy she was at work when this unidentified man told administrators he was waiting for her so they could pick up her daughter. he knew who my daughter was. he stated her by name. >> apparently it was enough for the school to give this man a visitor's pass. he never gave his full name and he wandered all over campus before disappearing. >> how close was he to the kids? >> he was in arm's reach. he could walk up and touch one of the kids. i heard from one of the parents he was talking to some of the fifth graders. >> school principal scott wells denied an on-line intervi

alan wang is live tonight with the story. alan, it is awful. >> it was 6:00 and dark and the roads were wet. weather was definitely a factor that investigators are examining. this is the intersection where the driver finally stopped and realized he was dragging the victim, a disabled man who lived around here. witnesses say the 89-year-old driver of this mercedes didn't realize he dragged a pedestrian nearly half a mile down the road until he was flagged down. >> unfortunately there is a loss of life here tonight, and it is the result of a horrible, horrible accident. >> this woman tells us her 41-year-old cousin is the victim. he was at this intersection in vallejo when the female driver of this car struck him. >> i can tell you that there is no crosswalk in that area. it is fairly dark there. >> the impact knocked the victim into the next lane where he was hit and dragged by the 89-year-old driver. he finally stopped in front of emily's house. >> my children heard tires screeching. they looked out and saw the body under the

in san jose, alan wang, abc7 news. >>> it is election day here and across the country. the polls closed three hours ago. the results are pouring in. there are few races up for grabs, but both parties are looking for clues of voter sentiment in the wake of the affordable care act and the government shutdown. as for our local elections we start with sunnyvale measure c which would impose some of the toughest gun laws in the country. right now it is leading 66% to 34%. if passed, gun owners would be banned from owner magazines holding more than 10 rounds. they would be required to lock up firearms in their homes and report any thefts. gun dealers would have to keep a log of all am ammunition sales. the nra threatened to sue if this passes. looks like it has in fact passed. moving to san francisco and measures b and c and voters defeated both of those measures. b would have allowed a available plot of land currently home to a tennis club at embarcadero and washington street to be redeveloped into a high-rise condominium complex. it went down with 62% of voters saying no. me

alan wang is live tonight with the story. an, it is awful. >> it was 6:00 and dark and the roads were wet. weather was definitely a factor that investigators are examining. this is the intersection where the driver finally stopped and realized he was dragging the victim, a disabled man who lived around here. witnesses say the 89-year-old driver of this mercedes didn't realize he dragged a pedestrian nearly half a mile down the road until he was flagged down. >> unfortunately there is a loss of life here tonight, and it is the result of a horrible, horrible accident. >> this woman tells us her 41-year-old cousin is the victim. he was at this intersection in vallejo when the female driver of this car struck him. >> i can tell you that there is no crosswalk in that area. it is fairly dark there. >> the impact knocked the victim into the next lane where he was hit and dragged by the 89-year-old driver. he finally stopped in front of emily's house. >> my children heard tires screeching. they looked out and saw the body under the tr

abc7 news reporter alan wang is live at the antioch police department headquarters with new information on this. alan some. >> yeah, dan and carolyn, antioch police tell me they arrested two high school students at deer valley high school around 1:00 this afternoon. both were charged with armed robbery and tonight we spoke to the victim's mother. >> i was like, oh my god. >> this woman's son is a student at black diamond middle school and even though two deer valley high school students have been arrested for robbing her son with a gun she is afraid to reveal her family's identity, especially her son. >> he said this time he showed me his gun. i could hear his voice crack so i knew he was upset. >> she says five high school students surrounded her they are teen-year-old son yesterday at this bus stop in antioch. >> and then he said give me all of your money. he pulled up his shirt and showed him his gun. >> the boy's mother says the boy who had the gun threatened to kill her son two weeks ago. she is upset the suspect was in school today one day after her son was robbed. >> i think they

alan wang is live in oakland. alan, downed trees and branches and power lines and more. >> yeah, dan and carolyn, this eucalyptus tree is about 20 feet in diameter, but it is still not a priority for work crews because it is not lying across the road or lying on top of power lines. it is, hof, a liability issue with everybody climbing on it and that's why there is so much urgency to clean all of this up. a power line stopped the tree from falling into a house in oakland last night. but the crews just got to it around 5:00 this evening. >> this happened at 9:30 last night. with everything that was happening in the city it was really hard to get through to emergency crews. >> meanwhile, about 170 customers in her neighborhood are without power. pg&e hopes to restore it by 2:00 a.m. >> i am hoping because i don't want another cold shower. they are not at the top of the priority list. roadways at fifth and jackson had to be cleared before the evening rush hour. >> folks are using an on-line application where you can ju

alan wang is live in oakland. alan, downed trees and branches and power lines and more. >> yeah, dan and carolyn, this eucalyptus tree is about 20 feet in diameter, but it is still not a priority for work crews because it is not lying across the road or lying on top of power lines. it is, hof, a liability issue with everybody climbing on it and that's why there is so much urgency to clean all of this up. a power line stopped the tree from falling into a house in oakland last night. but the crews just got to it around 5:00 this evening. >> this happened at 9:30 last night. with everything that was happening in the city it was really hard to get through to emergency crews. >> meanwhile, about 170 customers in her neighborhood are without power. pg&e hopes to restore it by 2:00 a.m. >> i am hoping because i don't want another cold shower. they are not at the top of the priority list. roadways at fifth and jackson had to be cleared before the evening rush hour. >> folks are using an on-line application where you can ju

in palo alto, alan wang, abc7 news. >>> a big change for vallejo high school. it taps into controversy the washington redskins are facing. they will no longer call themselves the apaches. they put an end to the name and mascot. it has been a source of tension between those who honor the apache and those who feel it is offensive to native americans. >>> the central subway project is about to pass an important milestone as the tunnel boring machine passes under union square. our transportation reporter is live tonight. heather dism -- heather? >> carolyn, starting tonight the subway work will be going to 24/7. some of the work you can see like this grouting station here, but some of it is so far down that you can't see it, hear it or feel it. here on the surface of fourth street south of market you wo the tunnel boring machine is building a tunnel 85 feet below. this is from the ffmta. as the machine makes steady progress it will pass beneath union square. >> we are excited. we are about to enter what we call the bart under crossing. >> the machine is now moving

alan wang, abc news. >>> expect delays if you take the tunnel. cal trans will make final preparations for the opening of the tunnel. they could s delays of up to 30 minutes. the delays could start as early as friday night at 30. crews will be restriping ahead of the opening that could happen this weekend or perhaps early monday morning. fremont police are looking for a brazen thief o poses as a delivery man to steel packages. it shows a man carrying an empty box on monday and he drops it off and picks up two other boxes on the front poh. he hoped into the blue sedan and took off. the boxes he stole had computer parts i them. >>> a lot of murders go unsolved. our media partners reviewed data for4 cities and found these results. san pablo had the highest clearance rate at 92%. san jose 66%. san francisco, 44. oakland investigats solve 35% of cases and richmond ranks last among the cities with 30%. the national average for solved homicide cases is 62%. >> new at 11:00, john mfee says he will testify in the murder case of his belize neighbor. he was

alan wang spoke with the victim's father who wants this horrifying case tried as a hate crime. >> by phone, they say sasha is identified as a gender neutral and feels comfortable wearing skirts. that's what the 18-year-old high school student was wear whg a passenger set sasha on fire on this ac transit bus. it happened on monday evening in oakland. a neighbor showed us this video he shot near mcarthur 1k3 ardley. >> people wake up and realize that life is too short to be killing and beating each other up. >> a high school student could stand trial as an adult and possibly be charged with a hate crime. >> our agency would certainly stand behind the idea that it does need to be in the category of a hate crime. >> the pacific center for human growth is a community center for lgbt people. they believe gender neutral is an emerging gender identity that is becoming the next discriminated class. >> there is a lot of emotional discrimination. people really don't understand the idea of somebody being gender neutral. >> sasha's father says sasha never felt discriminated against until this ins

alan wang attended an emotional event for a represented coach and teacher in a time of crisis. >> it is hard on all of us. >> are you sad daddy? >> i am sad. i am sad to lose mommy. >> they spent everything they had to bring these four orphaned kids from ethiopia. shortly after brenda was diagnosed with terminal cancer. she died earlier this month, but not after they discussed life after she was gone. >> you can hear the kids laughing and playing. she heard that and she said i want it to sound like that. >> now jeff is trying to keep the laughter alive with a little help from this walnut creek community. >> it is one of the more self-less figures in our community. >> tonight's basketball game is benefiting jeff's family. jeff played on the team as student here and coached the varsity players for 12 years. >> we all have a lot to be thankful for. we want to show our thanks to him. >> he says he is humbled and he wants to return the favor. >> it will be my goal raising these kids and loving them. >> and the community says it will be behind him all the way. in walnut creek, alan wang, a

abc7 news reporter alan wang is live at the antioch police department headquarters with new information on this. alan some. >> yeah, dan and carolyn, antioch police tell me they arrested two high school students at deer valley high school around 1:00 this afternoon. both were charged with armed robbery and tonight we spoke to the victim's mother. >> i was like, oh my god. >> this woman's son is a student at black diamond middle school and even though two deer valley high school students have been arrested for robbing her son with a gun she is afraid to reveal her family's identity, especially her son. >> he said this time he showed me his gun. i could hear his voice crack so i knew he was upset. >> she says five high school students surrounded her they are teen-year-old son yesterday at this bus stop in antioch. >> and then he said give me all of your money. he pulled up his shirt and showed him his gun. >> the boy's mother says the boy who had the gun threatened to kill her son two weeks ago. she is upset the suspect was in school today one day after her son was robbed. >> i think they

alan wang spoke with the victim's father who wants this horrifying case tried as a hate crime. >> byhone, they say sasha is identified as a gender neutral and feels comfortable wearing skirts. that's what the 18-year-old high school student was wear whg a passenger set sasha on fire on this ac transit bus. it happened on monday evening in oakland. a neighbor showed us this video he shot near mcarthur 1k3 ardley. >> people wake up and realize that life is too short to be killing and beating each other up. >> a high school student could stand trial as an adult and possibly be charged with a hate crime. >> our agency would certainly stand behind the idea that it does need to be in the category of a hate crime. >> the pacific center for human growth is a community center for lgbt people. they believe gender neutral is an emerging gender identity that is becoming the next discriminated class. >> there is a lot of emotional discrimination. people really don't understand the idea of somebody being gender neutral. >> sasha's father says sasha never felt discriminated against until this insur

alan wang is live with more on this. alan?lyn and dan, no students were actually harmed here, but as you can imagine it was a very frightening experience for parents because of the age we live in. uh -- uh ready coulding to the sheriff's department the man lied to front office workers and then revealed just how vulnerable the school was. >> i was extremely frightened when i got the call. i never made revisions and then got a call from a come plea stranger joy she was at work when this unidentified man told administrators he was waiting for her so they could pick up her daughter. he knew who my daughter was. he stated her by name. >> apparently it was enough for the school to give this man a visitor's pass. he never gave his full name and he wandered all over campus before disappearing. >> how close was he to the kids? >> he was in arm's reach. he could walk up and touch one of the kids. i heard from one of the parents he was talking to some of the fifth graders. >> school principal scott wells denied an on-line interview, but

in san jose, alan wang, abc7 news. >>> it is election day here and across the country. the polls closed three hours ago. the results are pouring in. there are few races up for grabs, but both parties are looking for clues of voter sentiment in the wake of the affordable care act and the government shutdown. as for our local elections we start with sunnyvale measure c which would impose some of the toughest gun laws in the country. right now it is leading 66% to 34%. if passed, gun owners would be banned from owner magazines holding more than 10 rounds. they would be required to lock up firearms in their homes and report any thefts. gun dealers would have to keep a log of all am ammunition sales. the nra threatened to sue if this passes. looks like it has in fact passed. moving to san francisco and measures b and c and voters defeated both of those measures. b would have allowed a available plot of land currently home to a tennis club at embarcadero and washington street to be redeveloped into a high-rise condominium complex. it went down with 62% of voters saying no. me

alan wang is live in oakland. , downed trees and branches and power lines and more. >> yeah, dan and carolyn, this eucalyptus tree is about 20 feet in diameter, but it is still not a priority for work crews because it is not lying across the road or lying on top of power lines. it is, hof, a liability issue with everybody climbing on it and that's why there is so much urgency to clean all of this up. line a power line stope from falling into a house in oakland last night. but the crews just got to it around 5:00 this evening. >> this happened at 9:30 last night. with everything that was happening in the city it was really hard to get through to emergency crews. >> meanwhile, about 170 customers in her neighborhood are without power. pg&e hopes to restore it by 2:00 a.m. >> i am hoping because i don't want another cold shower. they are not at the top of the priority list. roadways at fifth and jackson had to be cleared before the evening rush hour. >> folks are using an on-line application where you can just use you

alan wang attended an emotional event for a represented coach and teacher in a time of crisis. >> it is hard on all of us. >> are you sad daddy? >> i am sad. i am sad to lose mommy. >> they spent everything they had to bring these four orphaned kids from ethiopia. shortly after brenda was diagnosed with terminal cancer. she died earlier this month, but not after they discussed life after she was gone. >> you can hear the kids laughing and playing. she heard that and she said i want it to sound like that. >> now jeff is trying to keep the laughter alive with a little help from this walnut creek community. >> it is one of the more self-less figures in our community. >> tonight's basketball game is benefiting jeff's family. jeff played on the team as student here and coached the varsity players for 12 years. >> we all have a lot to be thankful for. we want to show our thanks to him. >> he says he is humbled and he wants to return the favor. >> it will be my goal raising these kids and loving them. >> and the community says it will be behind him all the way. in walnut creek, alan wang, a

in palo alto, alan wang, abc7 news. >>> a big change for vallejo high school. it taps into controversy the washington redskins are facing. they will no longer call themselves the apaches. they put an end to the name and mascot. it has been a source of tension between those who honor the apache and those who feel it is offensive to native americans. >>> the central subway project is about to pass an important milestone as the tunnel boring machine passes under union square. our transportation reporter is live tonight. heather dism -- heather? >> carolyn, starting tonight the subway work will be going to 24/7. some of the work you can see like this grouting station here, but some of it is so far down that you can't see it, hear it or feel it. here on the surface of fourth street south of market you would never know the tunnel boring machine is building a tunnel 85 feet below. this is from the ffmta. as the machine makes steady progress it will pass beneath union square. >> we are excited. we are about to enter what we call the bart under crossing. >> the machine

alan wang, abc news. >>> expect delays if you take the tunnel. cal trans will make final preparations for the opening of the tunnel. they could see delays of up to 30 minutes. the delays could start as early as friday night at 8:30. crews will be restriping ahead of the opening that could happen this weekend or perhaps early monday morning. fremont police are looking for a brazen thief who poses as a delivery man to steel packages. it shows a man carrying an empty box on monday and he drops it off and picks up two other boxes on the front porch. he hoped into the blue sedan and took off. the boxes he stole had computer parts in them. >>> a lot of murders go unsolved. our media partners reviewed data for 14 cities and found these results. san pablo had the highest clearance rate at 92%. san jose 66%. san francisco, 44. oakland investigators solve 35% of cases and richmond ranks last among the cities with 30%. the national average for solved homicide cases is 62%. >> new at 11:00, john mcafee says he will testify in the murder case of his belize ne

alan wang is live tonight with the story. , it is awful. >> it was 6:00 and dark and the roads were wet. weather was definitely a factor that investigators are examining. this is the intersection where the driver finally stopped and realized he was dragging the victim, a disabled man who lived around here. witnesses say the 89-year-old driver of this mercedes didn't realize he dragged a pedestrian nearly half a mile down the road until he was flagged down. >> unfortunately there is a loss of life here tonight, and it is the result of a horrible, horrible accident. >> this woman tells us her 41-year-old cousin is the victim. he was at this intersection in vallejo when the female driver of this car struck him. >> i can tell you that there is no crosswalk in that area. it is fairly dark there. >> kno the impact knocked the victim into the next lane where he was hit and dragged by the 89-year-old driver. he finally stopped in front of emily's house. >> my children heard tires screeching. they looked out and saw the body under the

in san jose, alan wang, abc7 news. >>> it is election day here and across the country. polls closed three hours ago. the results are pouring in. there are few races up for grabs, but both parties are looking for clues of voter sentiment in the wake of the affordable care act and the government shutdown. as for our local elections we start with sunnyvale measure c which would impose some of the toughest gun laws in the country. right now it is leading 66% to 34%. if passed, gun owners would be banned from owner magazines holding more than 10 rounds. they would be required to lock up firearms in their homes and report any thefts. gun dealers would have to keep a log of all am ammunition nra nra threatened to sue if this passes. looks like it has in fact passed. moving to san francisco and measures b and c and voters defeated both of those measures. b would have allowed a available plot of land currently home to a tennis club at embarcadero and washington street to be redeveloped into a high-rise condominium complex. it went down with 62% of voters saying no. measure c is

alan wang, abc news. >>> expect delays if you take the tunnel. cal trans will make final preparations for the opening of the tunnel. they could see delays of up to 30 minutes. the delays could start as early as friday night at 8:30. crews will be restriping ahead of the opening that could happen this weekend or perhaps early monday morning. fremont police are looking for a brazen thief who poses as a delivery man to steel packages. it shows a man carrying an empty box on monday and he drops it off and picks up two other boxes on the front porch. he hoped into the blue sedan and took off. the boxes he stole had computer parts in them. >>> a lot of murders go unsolved. our media partners reviewed data for 14 cities and found these results. san pablo had the highest clearance rate at 92%. san jose 66%. san francisco, 44. oakland investigators solve 35% of cases and richmond ranks last among the cities with 30%. the national average for solved homicide cases is 62%. >> new at 11:00, john mcafee says he will testify in the murder case of his belize ne

abc7 news reporter alan wang is live at the antioch police department headquarters with new information >> yeah, dan and carolyn, antioch police tell me they arrested two high school students at deer valley high school around 1:00 this afternoon. both were charged with armed robbery and tonight we spoke to the victim's mother. >> i was like, oh my god. >> this woman's son is a student at black diamond middle school and even though two deer valley high school students have been arrested for robbing her son with a gun she is afraid to reveal her family's identity, especially her son. >> he said this time he showed me his gun. i could hear his voice crack so i knew he was upset. >> she says five high school students surrounded her they are teen-year-old son yesterday at this bus stop in antioch. >> and then he said give me all of your money. he pulled up his shirt and showed him his gun. >> the boy's mother says the boy who had the gun threatened to kill her son two weeks ago. she is upset the suspect was in school today one day after her son was robbed. >> i think they should have oute of

alan wang spoke with the victim's father who wants this horrifying case tried as a hate crime. >> byay sasha is identified as a gender neutral and feels comfortable wearing skirts. that's what the 18-year-old high school student was wear whg a passenger set sasha on fire on this ac transit bus. it happened on monday evening in oakland. a neighbor showed us this video he shot near mcarthur 1k3 ardley. >> people wake up and realize that life is too short to be killing and beating each other up. >> a high school student could stand trial as an adult and possibly be charged with a hate crime. >> our agency would certainly stand behind the idea that it does need to be in the category of a hate crime. >> the pacific center for human growth is a community center for lgbt people. they believe gender neutral is an emerging gender identity that is becoming the next discriminated class. >> there is a lot of emotional discrimination. people really don't understand the idea of somebody being gender neutral. >> sasha's father says sasha never felt discriminated against until this insurance departm

alan wang attended an emotional event for a represented coach and teacher in a time of crisis. >> itddy? >> i am sad. i am sad to lose mommy. >> they spent everything they had to bring these four orphaned kids from ethiopia. shortly after brenda was diagnosed with terminal cancer. she died earlier this month, but not after they discussed life after she was gone. >> you can hear the kids laughing and playing. she heard that and she said i want it to sound like that. >> now jeff is trying to keep the laughter alive with a little help from this walnut creek community. >> it is one of the more self-less figures in our community. >> tonight's basketball game is benefiting jeff's family. jeff played on the team as student here and coached the varsity players for 12 years. >> we all have a lot to be thankful for. we want to show our thanks to him. >> he says he is humbled and he wants to return the favor. >> it will be my goal raising these kids and loving them. >> and the community says it will be behind him all the way. in walnut creek, alan wang, abc7 news. >> he is getting so much suppo

in palo alto, alan wang, abc7 news. >>> a big change for vallejo high school. it taps into controversy the washington redskins are facing. they will no longer call themselves the apaches. they put an end to the name and mascot. it has been a source of tension between those who honor the apache and those who feel it is offensive to nativea. americans. >>> the central subway project is about to pass an important milestone as the tunnel boring machine passes under union square. our transportation reporter is live tonight. heather dism -- heather? >> carolyn, starting tonight the subway work will be going to 24/7. some of the work you can see like this grouting station here, but some of it is so far down that you can't see it, hear it or feel it. here on the surface of fourth street south of market you would never know the tunnel boring machine is building a tunnel 85 feet below. this is from the ffmta. as the machine makes steady progress it will pass beneath union square. >> we are excited. we are about to enter what we call the bart under crossing. >> the machin

alan wang, abc7 news. >>> 15 people were arrested during a protest at a wal-mart in roseville near sacking is a. 100 protesters were outside this store yesterday, but 15 broke off and marched to a busy intersection and sat down. they were arrested for failing to dispurse. >>> despite a few problems black friday events went smoothly. most shoppers tell us it wasn't as crowded as they expected. analysts say sales are spreading out because they shop on-line or through mobile devices. abm -- ibm benchmark says on-line sales on black friday rose 9% from last year and ebay saw a 35% increase and amazon saw a 25% increase. but for some, the deals didn't turn their heads this year. >> i thought it would be better. you see commercials on tv that say flat screen for $100 and i didn't see any of that. i mean, there are good savings in there. >> retailers who opened early on thanksgiving day say they saw relatively big crowds, an indication of what may be a new shopping trend. sales numbers will be released later today. >>> check out this time lapse video showing the hoards of shoppers marching throug

alan wang has more. >> reporter: a power line stops this tree from falling into a house in oakland. crews got to it. >> with everything happening in the city, it was really hard to get through to emergency crews. >> reporter: about 170 customers in her neighborhood are without power. >> i don't want another cold shower. >> reporter: oakland public works says it was not at the top of the priority list. roads like this one at fifth and jackson had to be cleared before the evening rush hour. >> folks are using an online application where you can use your smart phone and allow tuesday know where there are downed trees. >> reporter: debris is pushed off to the side of the road. it's even taking up parking spaces for potential customers at ledger's liquor store. >> they had 130 calls or something and trying to move along and pick it up as they can. >> reporter: a 50-foot tree is still leaning against this home in berkley. >> if we were a one-story house it would have come through. >> reporter: crews are working quickly but safely. in the east bay, alan wang, abc 7 news. >> good reminder t

alan wang, abc 7 news. >>> now is the time to inspect your trees before the next storm.a tree in your property has been marked with a red "x" it's your responsibility to have that tree removed. thursday night's wind storm took the lives of two people in the bay area. in one case, a man was killed by falling branches on austin street near fruitvale in oakland. the tree had been marked for removal but never taken out >> it's dangerous, even the branches are still dangling even when there's a little bit of wind. they need to cut that tree down. >> the second occurred on skyline boulevard, a man apparently tried to avoid hitting a downed tree while driving. he wound up colliding with another tree in the center median and died. >>> the winds took down a scoreboard at concord high school. students are worried about next year's football season. school administrators say they don't know where they'll find the money to fix it. >>> more than 5,000 homes and businesses are still without electricity after thursday night's wind storm. 3,000 are in the north bay and power is still out

it took abc7 news reporter alan wang to get from the off-ramp to terminal 2. that traffic has now cleared out. once you get to the terminal, it is pretty easy going inside and of course the big rush is expected tomorrow. >> well, on that point, a massive storm could complicate holiday travel plans for much of the country. 20 states are in the path of the storm which is already dumping snow. with one of the busiest travel days of the year hours away now, if you are traveling to the east coast, you should expect delays at airports as well as on the roads as well. just to put how big this storm is into perspective, take a look at this picture that nasa released. it was taken from the swami satellite that monitors the earth's atmosphere. you can see much of the country is covered with storm clouds. it is massive. >> meteorologist sand jaw patel -- sandhya patel is tracking it for us. >> locally as you look at live doppler 7hd the weather looks great, but the fog should not be a problem out of sfo. as we look at the national picture, that's a different story. a mes

it took abc7 news reporter alan wang to get from the off-ramp to terminal 2. that traffic has now cleared out. once you get to the terminal, it is pretty easy going inside and of course the big rush is expected tomorrow. >> well, on that point, a massive storm could complicate holiday travel plans for much of the country. 20 states are in the path of the storm which is already dumping snow. with one of the busiest travel days of the year hours away now, if you are traveling to the east coast, you should expect delays at airports as well as on the roads as well. just to put how big this storm is into perspective, take a look at this picture that nasa released. it was taken from the swami satellite that monitors the earth's atmosphere. you can see much of the country is covered with storm clouds. it is massive. >> meteorologist sand jaw patel -- sandhya patel is tracking it for us. >> locally as you look at live doppler 7hd the weather looks great, but the fog should not be a problem out of sfo. as we look at the national picture, that's a different story. a mes

it took abc7 news reporter alan wang to get from the off-ramp to terminal 2.affic has now cleared out. once you get to the terminal, it is pretty easy going inside and of course the big rush is expected tomorrow. >> well, on that point, a massive storm could complicate holiday travel plans for much of the country. 20 states are in the path of the storm which is already dumping snow. with one of the busiest travel days of the year hours away now, if you are traveling to the east coast, you should expect delays at airports as well as on the roads as well. just to put how big this storm is into perspective, take a look at this picture that nasa released. it was taken from the swami satellite that monitors the earth's atmosphere. you can see much of the country is covered with storm clouds. it is massive. >> meteorologist sand jawtel --s tracking it for us. >> locally as you look at live doppler 7hd the weather looks great, but the fog should not be a problem out of sfo. as we look at the national picture, that's a different story. a messy scene across the eastern

alan wang has the latest from antioch. >> i was like, oh, my god. >> this woman's son is a student at block diamond middle school and even though two deer valley high school students have been arrested for robbing her son with a gun, she's still afraid to reveal her family's identity, especially her son he is a. >> he said this time he showed me his gun. i could hear his voice crack so i knew she was upset. five high school students surround her son at that bus stop in antioch. >> then he said give he all your money and he pulled up his shirt and showed him the gun. the mother said the boy who had the gun threaten to kill her son two weeks ago. she was upset they were still in school two days after the boy was robbed. >> they should have immediately sent out an alert to the parents. what ifs another colorado shooting? went what? >> no victims have been notified. school district will only say they are working closely with police. in antioch, abc7 news. >> happening today," there will be demonstrations throughout the bay area and beyond to protest the shooting death of a 13-year-old san

abc7 news reporter alan wang has the latest. >> this woman's son is a student at black diamond middle school and even though two deer valley students are arrested for robbing her son with a gun, they are still afraid to reveal their identity. >> he said this time he showed his gun. i could here his voice crack so i knew he was upset. >> five high school students surround her son at this bus stop in antioch and he said give me all your money and he pulled up his third and showed the gun. >> the boy's mother said the boy who had the gun threatened to kill her son two weeks ago. she's upset the sis expect is in school one day after her son was robbed. >> they should have immediately sent out some type of alert over the tone to the other parents so the other parents can know the situation. what if it's another colorado school shooting? then what. they victims from the school have been notified. school district will only say it's working closely with police. in antioch, allen wang, abc news. >> there will be demonstrations throughout the bay area to protest the shooting death of a 13-year-

alan wang. abc7 news. >> 15 people were arrested during a protest at a wal-mart in roseville near sacramento. 15 people broke off to the protest and marred to a busy intersection and sat down. police said they were arrested for failing to disburse. despite a few problems, most grab friday events went smoothly. many said it wasn't as crowd as expected. sales are spreading out because so many shop online or through mobile devices. tracking said online sales on black friday rose 9% from last year. ebay saw a 35% increase and amazon saw a 25ters increase. for some customers the deals this year just didn't turn their heads. >> i thought it would be better. i mean, you see commercials on tv that say, you know, flat screens for $100. i didn't see any kind of that stuff. there are some good savings in there. >> retailers that opened early on thanksgiving day still say they saw relatively big crowds, an indication of what might be a new shopping tradition. store sales numbers will be released later today

in san leandro, alan wang. abc7 news. >> 15 people were arrested during a protest at a wal-mart in roseville near sacramento. nearly 100 protesters were outside of the store for about two hours yesterday. but 15 people broke off to the protest and marched to a busy intersection and sat down. police said they were arrested for failing to disburse. despite a few problems, most black friday events went smoothly. many said it wasn't as crowd as expected. sales are spreading out because so many shop online or through mobile devices. ibm benchmark, that tracks e-commercial for retailers said online sales on black friday rose 9% from last year. ebay saw a 35% increase and amazon saw a 25% increase. for some customers the deals this year just didn't turn their heads. >> i thought it would be better. i mean, you see commercials on tv that say, you know, flat screens for $100. i didn't see any kind of that stuff. there are some good savings in there. >> retailers that opened early on thanksgiving day still say they saw r

abc7 news reporter alan wang has the latest. >> i was like, oh, my god. >> this woman's son is a student at black diamond middle school and even though two deer valley high school students have been arrested for robbing her son with a gun, she's still afraid to reveal her family's identity, especially her son's. >> he said this time he showed his gun. i could here his voice crack so i knew he was upset. >> five high school students surrounded her 13-year-old son at this bus stop in antioch. >> and then he said give me all of your money and then he pulled up his shirt and showed him the gun. >> the boy's mother said the boy who had the gun threatened to kill her son two weeks ago. she's upset the suspect is in school one day after her son was robbed. >> they should have immediately sent out some type of alert over the tone to the other parents so the other parents can know the situation. what if it's another colorado school shooting? then what. >> no trains the middle school or high school have been notified. the school district will only say it's working closely with police. in antioch,

our alan wang has more from oakland. >> reporter: a power line stopped this tree from falling into a house in oakland but crews just got to it. >> with everything that was happening in the city it was really hard to get through to emergency crews. >> reporter: meanwhile, about 170 customers in her neighborhood are without power. >> i don't want another cold shower. >> reporter: as bad as this neighborhood looks, oakland public works says it was not at the top of the priority list. roadways like this one at fifth and jackson had to be cleared before the evening rush hour. >> folks are using see, click, fix, an online application where you can use your smartphone and allow us to know where there are counsel downed trees. >> reporter: everywhere debris is pushed to the side of the road, even taking up parking spaces for potential customers at ledger's liquor store in berkeley. >> they said they had 130 calls and trying to and a half along and pick it up as they can. >> reporter: a 50-foot cypress tree is still leaning against this home in berkeley. >> if it was one story it definitely w